The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-08-26

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and English in his shooting suit of brown
flannel, and with q sort Of perplexed APP
pearance upon his honest round face that
had been very common with him since he |
got into these strange waters.
"Please, sir" he said, touching his sun
hat, which was stuck on to the back Of his
hend In o somewhat ludicrous fashion, s'as
we have got oil those guns and things In
the whalc-boat astcrn, to soy nothing OF
tho provisions In ths lockers, I think 1t
would be best IL So down and slept in
her. / don't like the looks"-here he
dropped his voice to q p%ortentous whisper
-sof these black gentry; they have such o
wonderful thievish way about them. Sup
posing now, that some Of them were to slip
into the boat at night and cut the cable,
and make of with herr 1t would be o
pretty go. that would"
The w~hale-boat, I may explain, was n
that we had had built at Dundee, in the
north of England, and brought with us, rs
we knew that this coast was a network OF
creeks, and that we might require some
thing to navigate them with. She was o
beautiful boat, thirty feet in lenth, with q
center-board for sailing, coppcr-bottomed
to keep the worms out of her, and full of
water-tight compartments. The captain
Of the dhow had told us that when we
reached the rock, which hc knew well, and
which appeared to be identical with the
one described upon the sherd and by Leo's
father, he would not probably be able to
run up to 1t on account of the shadows and
breakers, SO we had employed three hours
that very morning, whilst we were totally
becalmed, tho wind having dropped at
sunrise, in transferring most of our goods
and chattcls to the whale-boat, placing the
guns, ammunition, and preserved provis-
ions in the water-tight lockers specially
prepared for them, SO that when we did
| sight the tabled rock we should have moth
ing to do but step into the boat and u
her ashore. Another reason that induced
us to take this precautionary step was thai
Arab captains IRE apt to run past the point
that they are making, either from careless-
ness or owing to q mistake in its identity.
Now, as sailors will know, it is quite inn
possible fos o dhow which is only rugged to
run before tho monsoon to beat back
against 1t. Therefore we got u boat
readE to row for the rock ut any moment.
well, job" I said, perhaps it would
be as well. There IRE lots of blankets
there, only be careful to keep out Of the
moon, or it may turn your head or blind
you"
"Lord, sirl I don't think It would much
matter IL 1t did; 1t is that turned already
with the sight of these blackamoors and
their filthy, thieving ways. They are only
At for muck, they arc; and they smell bad
enough for it already"
Job. It will be perceived, was rot at
tached to the manners aud customs Of our
dark-skinnsd brothers.
Accordingly we hauled up the bout by
the tow-rope till It was right under the
stern of the dhow. and Job bundled into
her about as gracefully a $ sack OF pota
toes. Then we returned and sat down or
the deck again, and smoked and talked IN
little gusts and jerks. The night was 81
lovely, and our brains were so full Of sup
pressed excitement of m sort and another
that we did not feel inclined to turn in
For nearly an hour we sat thus, and then
Think, we both dozed of. AT least 1 hav
a faint recollection of Leo sleepily explain
ing that the head was not a bad place t.
hit q buffalo, If you could catch him exact
" between the horns, OF send your bulle
down his throat, or some nonsense OF tn
! sort.
. Then I remember no more, till suddenl
: "a frightful roa OF wind, a Shrek OF tel
= ror from the awakening crew, and n whil
. like sting of water in our faces. Some {
the men RAM to let go the halyards an
| lower the sail, but the parrel jammed, an
q q the yard would not come down. I sprun
: to my feet, and hung on to a rope. tn
= sky aft was dark as pitch, but the moo
= still shone brightly ahead Of US and lit u
the blackness. Beneath its sheen q mug
white-topped breaker, twenty-feet high
70 more, was rushing ON to rs. 1t was n tn
break-the moon shone on its crest, an
i tipped its foam with light. On 1t rushe
= beneath the tnky sky. driven by the awf,
, squail behind II. Suddenly, in tho twin
ling Of an eye, I saw the black shape OF IL
= whale-boat cast high into the air on u
:. breaking wave. Then-a shock Of waite
Q wild rush Of boiling foam, and I vi
clinging for my life to tho shroud-a
swept straight out from It like Q nag In
gale.
We were popped.
The wave passed. Il seemed to me tn
10 I was under water for minutes-realy
" was seconds. Hooked forward. The blo
ID had torn out the great sail, and high 10 =
air It was duttering away to leeward IL
d. q hinge wounded bird. Then for amon,e
10 there wa comparative calm, and ! u 1t
sh heard Jobs voice yelling loudly, "Col
ks here to the boat"
%, Bewildered and half drowned as I WI
Of I had the sense to rush aft. I felt the dit
ed sinking under me-she was full Of wat
Ill Under her counter the whnle-boat was to
no Ing ~furiously, and I saw the Arab N
Oh hamed, who had been steering, leap II
lst her. Igave ono desperate pull at the to
ng ropc to bring the boat alongside. VIII
. sprung also, and Job caught me with Z
40, arm, and I rolled into the bottom OF !
;he boat. Down went the dhow bodily, and
an abe did 30 Malomed drew his curved kn
I'm and severed the fber rope BY which
ing were inst to her. and In another second
asst weredriving before the storm over thepl
The where thodhow had been.
hae "Great Godts ! ehrieksd 'Where 81
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